Birchbox March 2017 Sample Choice Spoilers + Coupon!

It should be just the highlighter as shown in the picture. (They don’t sell it as just a highlighter, though, so that’s why I linked to the duo.) Sorry for the confusion – I should have made that clear in the post!

I wouldn’t worry about too much. I just got done looking at the ingredients and truth in aging website said ….

There are so many preservatives in this cream that the one thing you can guarantee is that it will outlast us all: two parabens, irritants that are controversially associated with cancer; chlorphenesin, a neurotoxin that is restricted in Japan; disodium EDTA, which enhances the penetration of other ingredients; triethanolamine, animal studies show can cause sense organ effects at very low doses, especially when used around the mouth, eyes and lips, and one or more in vitro tests on mammalian cells show positive mutation results; and sodium hydroxide, which has been shown in solutions as weak as .12% to destruct healthy skin cells within one hour.

I was going to pick it until I read this… now.. I’ll pass!

You can’t choose them before sample choice is open to my knowledge, so this really doesn’t indicate anything 🙂

I was going to say, it must have been super-convenient for Birchbox that Reese Witherspoon’ favorites are all repeats🙄

I completely agree!! It’s SO rare these days they send something that they haven’t sent me before!

My absolute favorite! It works wonders and smells amazing!

The eyeliner is black actually. It has two ends. One of them is rich black, the other is light pink. I’d love to try pink one but I’m tired of black eyeliners. Don’t know what to do.

I totally agree with you about the curated box! I love it!

But, girl, keep those boxes! I wrapped so many Christmas presents in them 🙂 I created beauty boxes for my younger cousins with a little label over the BB logo with their names (in pretty font). I also use a few boxes to organize the samples I haven’t gotten to yet (hair care, make up, body products, etc.)

Mine was broken too! They offered me the $5 credit but it still hasn’t shown up yet :-/

I’m not sure I completely understood the tone of your email-it sounds like you had a lot of issues but then got half the cost of the box back (which I thought maybe was good surprise, but then I read it all again and decided maybe it wasn’t). But! I’m hoping you had a one-off really bad experience. I’ve been subscribed almost four years and every complaint I have is dealt with quickly and beautifully. For instance I’ve had problems with missing or broken things the past three months and I’ve gone a whole new box one month and the other two months, single new items shipped out. This last time I too had problems with that LAQA lip (it wasn’t broken in pieces but fell out of the tube completely and onto my shirt (thankfully a workout shirt) and then the counter (which I wish I could say was cleaner than it truly was) I told them about it (so if they work with company in the future they can fix that flaw) but said I didn’t need a replacement because I felt like I’d been having a lot of great cs from them that more than made up for that item. CS said thanks for letting us know and we are sending out a replacement. Days later it was there!

I definitely have better value from Ipsy and their CS is good (though not quite as good to me as Birchbox-but close). Just thought I’d throw that out there. I’m sorry if the $5 wasn’t what you wanted-i hope you get better service in the future!

Now as a company…I dislike the changes birchbox is making and I don’t know what I’ll do about that. My post was only on my one-on-one CS experience!

They did the same thing to me in Dec. My sample choice was their LOC eyeshadow, and when I didn’t receive it, they told me it was no longer avaliable and gave me $5, but ironically, it was still available for purchase on their website.

Hi Jenn! I had the same problem. My sample of Laqa & co avo lip butter in ninza came broken. I wrote to cs. After several days of waiting I got a response from them that they will send me the same sample as a replacement in 10 working days. I didn’t receive any shipping conformation from them though. So I don’t know what to expect. Sincerely I would prefer if they gave me 5 dollar credit instead. I tried the broken lipstick and it’s awful. The shade is too bold and it dried my lips.

The shipping on the $10 boxes (Birchbox and Play) is terrible in my opinion, but I think it’s just what we get for the price point, honestly. My box could sprout legs and walk to Texas from Tennessee where it starts out and get to me faster than it does as is via Newgistics or whatever.

Boxycharm is great if you want new eyeshadow palettes every month and you don’t ever need to contact their cs. I had a horrible issue with their CS that they would not resolve and I now have enough eye shadow to last the rest of my life. I would prefer to try some other products. But, to each their own.

They will send you email notification asking to choose the sample, surprise box or curator box. Also you will have option to purchase curator box for $10. So this month I am planning to purchase curator box for $10, and choose one sample for my sub box where other 4 items will be surprise.

The lip balm gives a pretty, natural flush and slight sheen to the lips and is relatively hydrating. If your lips are super dry, they need to be exfoliated and then moisturized with a good lip balm, but with smooth lips, this is hydrating enough. Mainly, it looks pretty and just lightly glossy. I like it!

Kc, me too. This will be my first curated box also. I love everything in this box… including that beautiful blue box! I’m pretty excited!

If you don’t choose a sample you will get the curated box. If you decide to pick one of the samples, the rest of your items will be chosen for you.

Birchbox really needs to setup their game. I am tried of the same samples month after month.

You can either log into your account or wait for the email that tells you to go tell them which sample you want or that you want the curated box. When you log in, go to your boxes and box customization. It is near the end of the month.

I kind of feel the same way, and I’m also interested in the liner, though really don’t need it.

I’m not impressed.